Alan Dick

Alan Dick

Strategic Planning, M&A Deal Flow, Technology Investment Appraisals, Financing & Executive Leadership Facilitation

Upstream, Clean Tech
 
United States, Middle East,  Europe, Asia

1. What is your profession? Or if you are retired, what was your profession?

M&A Advisor

2. What are your areas of expertise?

Upstream: Technology, Corporate Development, Commercial, Marketing, Executive

Upstream Areas: Offshore, Onshore

Clean Tech List: Technology, Corporate Development, Commercial, Executive

Types of Clean Tech: Wind, Hydrogen, CO2 Capture, Batteries

3. Current Employer:

Johnston Carmichael

4. Previous Employers:

Piper Sandler, Simmons & Co, Expro Group, Halliburton

5. How did you end up in the Energy Industry?

Engineering degree in Aberdeen, commencing as a Wireline Logging Field Engineer internationally, provided me the combination of travel, work and great compensation.  

6. Why do you like working with Start-Ups?

The opportunity to steer new innovations into the market, creating value for owners and shareholders. Working with ground breaking teams and products is exciting and highly motivating.

Okay, now for some fun things about Alan…

7. What are three of your interests outside of work?

All outdoors and endurance sports, trail running, biking, triathlons

8.  What are your top 3 accomplishments (personal or professional)?  Don’t be shy!  Give ‘em to us.

  • Completed Marathon des Sables (famous week long multi stage race in the Sahara Desert).

  • Established a unique career skillset, technology orientated in the investment banking energy sector - whereby through understanding the intrinsic value disruptive tech offers, its market and commercial impact, I have the capability to maximize the pitch and its reach within the investor space.

  • Cycled NC500 (North Coast 500 miles) around the remote and rugged northern coastline of the UK, entirely unsupported and self sufficient. This is an iconic road and incredibly scenic road trip.

9.  If I were a superhero, my superpower would be               .

Creativity, in both the design sense, and in identifying solutions

10. When I was 5, I was pretty sure I'd be a                 when I grew up.

A submariner

11. If I weren't so damn good at what I do now, I'd probably be                 .

Traversing the globe on two wheels

12.  My favorite song is               by            .

"Sweet Jane" by The VU

13.  If I won the lottery tomorrow, I'd          .

start a vineyard

14.  The best piece of advice I've ever been given is                              .

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